Washing-machine



(No Model.)

K. BARNETT.

WASHING MACHINE.

No. 694,058. Patented N0v.23, 1897.

UNITED STATES ATENT rFIcE.

KARL BARNETT, OF MANCHESTER, INDIANA.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 594,058, dated November 23, 1897. Application filed July 9,1896. Serial No. 598,502. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, KARL BARNETT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Manchester, Dearborn county, Indiana, have'invented new and usefullmprovements in' Washing-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to washing-machines, its object being to produce a compact, eflicient,and easily-operated machine for household use, hereinafter described and claimed.

. My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of my machine complete; Fig. 2, a sectional elevation, and Fig. 3 a sectional elevation in a plane perpendicular to that of Fig. 2.

Referring now to the drawings, A designates an ordinary rectangular supportingframe on which is mounted on axial pivots a an open approximately semicylindrical vessel B. The pivots are preferably revolubly mounted in spur-pinions a, having a rolling support in horizontal racks a? upon the frame A, and the vessel B is provided at one end with a raised handle by which it may be conveniently oscillated upon its spur-pinion bearings. Each side of the vessel B is provided with an arm b extending radially upward and slotted or recessed from above downwardly.

The vessel B is provided with a closed bottom extending betweenits sides and formed to the curvature thereof, just within which from side to side is placed a series of parallel bars Z2.

Within the vessel B is contained a rubber 0, being a vessel of substantially the same form as the vessel B, but smaller, with a similarly-curved bottom provided at the exterior with a series of parallel bars 0. At each side of the rubber 0 central arms 0 extend upward and carry lateral trunnions 0 which extend into the slots of the arms b and thus suspend the rubber O pivotally within the vessel B. An upward-extending arm '0 carried by the rubber, is pivotally connected to a rigid support 6, carried by the frame, through the medium of a lever-arm cl. The arm 0 may be formed by extending the arms 0 inward and then upward at the center, which is the construction shown.

The operation is indicated in Figs. 1 and 2, showing different positions. The oscillation of the vessel B gives it afore-and-aft motion by means of the pinions a, rolling upon the racks o The rubber O partakes of this motion, as also the added oscillating motion of the arms 11 The point of connection of the arm 0 with the link cl remaining constant, the rubber has a motion opposite that of the vessel B, as indicated by Fig. 2, thus rubbing the clothes between the series of cross-braces b and c. The slot in the arms 12 being extended upwardly, the rubber G can rise or fall as required. The water is caused to flow back and forth through the clothes by the fore-and-aft motion of the vessel B, as also by its oscillation.

I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- In a washingmachine, the combination with a suitable frame carrying at each side a rack, of a semicylindrical containing vessel supported in said frame by means of pinions adapted to rest in the racks; bifurcated arms carried by said containing vessel, a rubber adapted to oscillate in said containing vessel and having bearings supported in the bifurcations of said arms, an upward-extending arm carried by the rubber, an upward-extending support carried by the frame, a leverarm pivotally connecting the upper ends of said arm and support, and means for rocking I the ,said containing vessel on its bearings, whereby to impart, through the connections described, a counter oscillation to the rubber, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two-subscribing witnesses.

KARL BARNETT.

Witnesses:

L. M. HOSEA, JAMES L. FOLEY. 

